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special needs, and 163 utilized support services. One hundred sixty-three (163) women received one-on-one case management services totaling 717 sessions. Sixty-three (63) of the 73 women, or 86%, who exited after staying 30 days or more, increased their level of self sufficiency in one or more of the following areas: housing, employmentlincome, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental health, and/or physical health. Forty-four (44) of the 73 women (or 60%) left with long-term housing/employment. The shelter offered 41 parenting support groups, 60 domestic violence education groups, 19 life skills workshops, 79 children's therapeutic play groups, and 8 family nights. . Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC): The City also funded DSFRC with CDBG funds to provide supportive services to homeless persons. DSFRC provided an array of basic services for 217 homeless people using its CDBG grant from the City. However, a total of 588 (unduplicated) homeless persons were served using other funding sources. Services are modified to accommodate the special needs of homeless people (e.g., providing one-on-one case management, providing food that does not need to be cooked, and access to the clothing program). Homeless persons received various services, including referrals to emergency housing, case management to support housing and employment searches, suitable groceries, clothing, financial education, life skills training, free acute medical care, and mental health and youth programs. DSFRC also works closely with another local homeless program, April Showers, which is a consortium of 10 churches. April Showers served 1,552 homeless individuals in 2006, an average of 55 guests per shower and an increase of 7% over the previous year. Priority # 6. Maintain and expand activities designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless. Activities: . Rental Assistance Program . Through ECHO's Rental Assistance Program funded through the City's General Fund, 18 families were given rental assistance (such as payments for delinquent rent or security deposits) to prevent homelessness. ECHO exceeded its goal by 88%. ECHO also provided information and counseling for 108 eviction-related cases and prevented 24 evictions. . Tenant/Landlord Counseling . The City contracted with ECHO Housing for landlord/tenant counseling services with CDBG funds to help maintain people in housing. Information and referral services were provided to 458 landlords and tenants from 228 households. Among them were 65 cases related to eviction, of which 8 households (24 persons) were prevented from being evicted. Staff also assisted with retaliation cases (5), landlord/tenant inquiries related to repairs (58), security deposits (39), rent increases (15), and entries by a landlord (1). There were also 96 other miscellaneous inquiries (e.g., noise, neighbor disputes, parking, etc.). ECHO also assisted 36 persons in 19 households with conciliation/mediation services and 11 eviction mediation cases. ECHO referred 145 Final Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2006-2007 City of San Leandro Page 8